Miners strike - Picket violence

Title: Miners strike - Picket violence
Genre: News report; Interview; Speech; Special
TX Date: Unknown
Year of production: 1984
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Duration: 00:02:45
Description: Report on the picket line violence at collieries and nearby villages in Yorkshire during the miners’ strike which the NUM are blaming on police. Includes actuality of violence with chanting. Speaking are shop owner Kevin Inger; South Yorkshire’s Chief Constable Peter Wright; NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Female reporter not identified.
Contributors: Arthur Scargill; Peter Wright; Kevin Inger
Keywords: Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Police; Miners; Violence; Yorkshire; NUM; Riots; Policing practice; Coal miners; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Looting; Strikes (events)

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